Select the language generated by CFG #5

G = 0G0 | 1G1 | 0H1 | 1H0
H = AHA | A
A = 0 | 1
1: Language of CFG #5

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Select the language generated by CFG #5

G = 0G0 | 1G1 | 0H1 | 1H0 
H = AHA | A 
A = 0 | 1 
1: Language of CFG #5

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We are given a matching question about the language generated by CFG #5, with the provided answer indicating the correct match is L₁ \ L₂.

First, recall what the CFG #5 grammar produces. The productions are:
- G = 0G0 | 1G1 | 0H1 | 1H0
- H = AHA | A
- A = 0 | 1
This construction starts from H (which can be a single symbol A, i.e., 0 or 1) and applies either wrap-around with matching ends (0G0 or 1G1) or wrap-around with differing ends (0H1 or 1H0). From this, you can see that the strings generated by G have a clear pattern in length: H yields strings of length 1, and every subsequent application of 0G0, 1G1, 0H1, or 1H0 increases the length by 2. Therefore, all strings produced by CFG #5 have odd length (1, 3, 5, …). Moreover, the alphabet is {0,1}.

Now let’s analyze the answer options in light of this understanding.

Option 1: L₁ ∩ L₂
- If we intersect two languages, the result contains only the strings that are in both L₁ and L₂. Without knowing the exact definitions of L₁ and L₂ here, this option would only be correct if the odd-length strings generated by CFG #5 are precisely the strings common to both L₁ and L₂. This is possible in principle, but requires specific prior definitions of L₁ and L₂ aligning to the odd-length subset. Since we don’t have those definitions explicitly, this option is ambiguous in this context.

Option 2: ∅
- The empty set would imply that CFG #5 generates no strings, which contradicts the grammar since we can derive at least a single-symbol string (A, i.e., 0 or 1) via H, and longer odd-length strings via the G recursive constructions. Hence, ∅ cannot be the language of CFG #5.

Option 3: L₁ \ L₂
- This denotes the set difference: strings that are in L₁ but not in L₂. If L₁ is the broader set of all strings produced by CFG #5 (i.e., the odd-length strings over {0,1}) and L₂ is some subset of those strings (perhaps even-length ones or some other restriction), then L₁ \ L₂ could exactly capture the odd-length pattern identified above, depending on how L₁ and L₂ are defined in the course context. In many instructional settings, a nontrivial language like the set of odd-length binary strings is expressed as a difference between a general language and a complementary subset, making this a plausible intended answer when L₁ is the general language and L₂ is the excluded subset.

Option 4: L₂
- This would imply the language equals L₂ alone. Unless L₂ by itself is the odd-length-binary-string set generated by CFG #5, this is unlikely. Without explicit definitions linking L₂ to exactly the odd-length strings, this option seems implausible.

Option 5: L₁
- Similar reasoning: unless L₁ is defined to be exactly the odd-length strings from CFG #5, this option would not match. It requires L₁ to be the complete language of CFG #5, which may be true in some contexts, but we don’t have that explicit definition here.

Option 6: L₁^c ∩ L₂^c   (where c = complement)
- The intersection of complements would yield strings that are outside both L₁ and L₂. This is a highly specific construction and would only match the CFG #5 language if the odd-length strings are precisely those not in L₁ and not in L₂. Absent concrete definitions, this is an unlikely general match.

Option 7: L₁ ∪ L₂
- The union would give all strings in either L₁ or L₂. This would generally produce a superset of CFG #5’s strings unless L₁ and L₂ are themselves extremely tightly constrained to equal CFG #5’s language, which is not indicated.

Option 8: Σ*
- This is the set of all strings over the alphabet {0,1}. Since CFG #5 only produces odd-length strings, not strings of even length, Σ* cannot be the language of CFG #5.

Putting it together, the most plausible alignment with CFG #5’s odd-length language, given the provided answer, is the set-difference form L₁ \ L₂, which can represent “the language of CFG #5” as the broad L₁ with certain strings removed by L₂, provided L₁ and L₂ are defined to reflect that odd-length constraint. The other options either imply emptiness, universality, or direct equality to a potentially unrelated L₁ or L₂ without justification, or represent a union/complement structure that would not naturally capture the odd-length binary strings produced by CFG #5.

Thus, the reasoning supports why L₁ \ L₂ is the intended match for the language generated by CFG #5, in line with the given answer, while the remaining options either conflict with the odd-length constraint or require specific, unstated definitions of L₁ and L₂ to be correct.

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Select the language generated by CFG #5 G = 0G0 | 1G1 | 0H1 | 1H0 H = AHA | A A = 0 | 1 1: Language of CFG #5

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